Quaintly like a couple of comedy characters (5)

I believe the answer is:

oddly

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'a couple of comedy characters' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'quaintly like' is the wordplay.
'quaintly' becomes 'odd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'like' becomes 'ly' (similar in meaning).
'odd'+'ly'='ODDLY'

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(Other definitions for oddly that I've seen before include "Weirdly" , "In a strange way" , "Strangely, curiously" , "Unusually" , "in a curious way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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